Loose-leaf holder



Dec. 19 1922. 1,439,139

J..W. BRADY. Loose LEAF HOLDER. FILED JAN. 31. 1922 JNVEJVTH:

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Application :lei` January 31, 1922.k Serial No. 583,064.

4leit known that L'UJOSHUA fill. BRADY, a citizen ot the United States, residing at 'Slt Paul. in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a newand useful Loose-Leaf Holder, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to loose leait holders ot the kind adapted to be supported either on a. desk or `table or by one oi the operators hands and firmly yet detachably holds one or more sheets to be written on, and the object is to improve such a device by new parts and features as will now be described.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view ot my iinw proved loose leaf holder partly opened and with loose leaves placed on it ready to be secured.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device in un-v folded but idle position.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device as it appears just after some loose leaves have been secured in it.

Fig. 4E is Fig. 3 with thev upper cover turned upon the back of the lower cover and showing also how leaves' written on may follow the top cover and thus be out of the way for further writing on the remaining sheets.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line 5-5 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged edge view of the part of the device containing clasping springs for holding the loose sheets.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the outer side of the sliding sleeve 2O modified.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 10 designates'the usual fiat, stili body, upon which the leaves 11 to be written on, are placed. ln the curved head end 12 of said body are imbedded leaf springs 13 (see dotted lines in Fig. 6) which may be of any desired curvature, so that each of them forms ra lower clasping arm 14C and an upper clasping arm 15. The latter arm tends at all times to close the upper part or jaw 12a down against the body plate 10 and hold leaves 11 inserted between them. ,j

16 is a fiat, stiff cover adapted to rest upon the leaves 11 to protect them when the device is not in actual use.

ln some of the devices of this class heretofore used the cover 16 `is hinged at 17 to the jaw 12a, so that when thecover is swung` to the position shownin Fig. 3 it cantbe' used as a lever `to` torce the jaw `1`2a7open `while the paper l1 is being insertedunder it upon the body 10 'and by 'releasing the cover the-jaw will'ot course `pinch Yand fhold the paper.

But the objection to this structure is that the stiff, heavy cover` 16 will have to remain in an awkward and obstructive position during the use of the device. been made to give the cover several addi* tional joints 18, 19, by which to enable the cover 16 to be folded backward and up under the body 10 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4C. `But these joints 18, 19, render the cover unfit to act as a lever in opening the jaw 12a.

To overcome thisattempts have To overcome the last mentioned diiliculty i l kprovide the cover with a flat, slidable sleeve 20, which may be open as at 21 or solid as at 22 in Fig. 7 upon the back ofthe` cover 16. The object of making it solid 1s to stiii'en the sleeve so it will support the entire cover section 16 `and thus not allow the middle of it to bulge down toward the lea-ves 11.

In Fig. 5 line 23 shows how the inward4 i side of the sleeve may be sprung away from the cover'while leaves already written on may be inserted between the sleeve and thecover, as at 24k in Fig.k 4 clear away from the leaves to be written on. `Where this holding of the written sheets is not desired the leaves may be removed from the device.

In the use and operation of the device the sleeve 2O occupies the position shown in Fig. 3 only'while the cover is used or ready to be used as a lever for opening clasping jaw 12a, and is then y,slid over onto the main section 16 of the cover to allowthe joints `18---19 to bend in folding the cover upon the .back of the body 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

'1. A loose lettiholder comprising in combination a lflat body for the loose leaves to rest on, said body having at one end an upwardly and inwardly curved resilient jaw vfor holding the loose leaves against the body, a cover hingedly connected with the j aw and adapted to rest upon the body and thel leaves thereon, said cover adapted to lean upon the jaw and act as a lever in forcing it open, said cover having also vnear said jaw joints enabling it to be folded f kio the bodyj and'` a flat sleeve slidableon thel leaves folded away tothe bottom side ofthe 3. Thestruoture speci-fied in claim l, said sleeve being partly out away at the upper sidefof the @overl so as to save material in making it.

.f A' loose vleaf bolder comprising a fiat n body for,l theloose leaves to rest on, said i,

body having at one end a spring-pressed 15 jaw adapted to hold `the leavesupon'the body, a coverhinged to the swinging end of the jaw and adapted to proteettheleaves,

said cover having joints enabling it to be bent over the j aw and thus folded in under the body, and a flat sleeve slidable on the cover and adapted to prevent bending .of said joint While lthe cover is being used as a lever for opening the jaw. n p

In testimony whereof I alixmy signa- 25 ture. f f

JOSHUA vv BRADY. y Y 

